HistoryPodHistoryPodHistoryPodHistoryPod
  • Timeline
  • About
  • Subscribe
  • Support
  • 366 Days: the book

Tag: Benedictine

  • Podcast

4th August 1693: French Benedictine monk Dom Pérignon allegedly invents champagne

  • 4th August 2022
  • Tagged as: Abbey, Alcohol, Benedictine, Champagne, Drink, France

Sparkling wine was a problem for Dom Pérignon and his contemporaries because the build-up of carbon dioxide from a secondary fermentation inside the bottle could cause it to explode without warning.

Continue reading →

Tags

Aircraft America Assassination Britain Catholicism Civil Rights Cold War Communism Criminal Culture Economy England Execution First World War France Germany Hitler Invention Italy Law London Military Monarchy Murder Music Navy Nazi New York Politics Racism Religion Revolution Russia Science Scotland Second World War Ship Spain Sport Technology United Kingdom United States USA USSR War

Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org
 
  • Popular
  • Recent
  • Commented
Scuttling of the German fleet

21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow

21st June 2019

Gavrilo Princip sandwich

HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

28th June 2015

Armistice

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

11th November 2020

Hitler becomes Fuhrer

2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

2nd August 2021

The Beatles preparing to cross the Abbey Road zebra crossing

8th August 1969: The Beatles pose for an album cover on the Abbey Road zebra crossing

8th August 2022

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

7th August 1964: The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution passed by the United States Congress

7th August 2022

Hiroshima after the bomb

6th August 1945: The United States drop an atomic bomb nicknamed ‘Little Boy’ on the Japanese city of Hiroshima from the B-29 aircraft Enola Gay

6th August 2022

Capture of William Wallace

5th August 1305: William Wallace captured by English troops at Robroyston

5th August 2022

Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

28th June 2020

Armistice

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

11th November 2020

German invasion of Poland

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

1st September 2018

Dow Jones

8th July 1932: Dow Jones falls to lowest point in the Great Depression

8th July 2022

HistoryPod by MrAllsopHistory.com
© Scott Allsop
  • Timeline
  • Support
  • Subscribe
  • Front Page
  • About
  • Archive
  • Privacy Policy